Sealing composition for cans



' United States,

' tions for Cans, of which the following is a speclfication.

AUSTIN GILBERT AND CHARLES E. VANDER HOOF, 0F HAMIETON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE FISCHER CAN COMPANY, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

. SEALING COMPOSITION FOR CANS.

Patented Dec. 2,1919.

Application filed July 2, 1919. Serial No. 308,188.

1,323,752, Specification of Letters Patent.

No Drawing.

of the lid. which is to make contact with the flange of the can body. The evaporation of the benzol leaves a substantially-dry coating, leaving the lid in condition for future application to the can-body. When the lid is applied to the can-body then the skirting is forcibly turned up under thefiange, causing the composition to. be compressed between the lid and the flange of the can-body.

We claim A sealing composition for cans consisting To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AUSTIN GILBERT and CHARLES E. VANDER HOOF, citizens of the residing at Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sealing Composi- This invention, pertaining to the sealing of cans, relates to a composition to be employed 1n the sealing of-the lids of the cans to place. 0 v of crude rubber, benzol, beeswax, paraffin Our sealing composition consists of: wax, and talcum powder, in the proportions Crude rubber Pounds combined substantially as set forth.

Benzol About 38 gallons. AUSTIN GILBERT. Beeswax About 2 pounds. CHARLES E. VANDER HOOF.

Paraflin waX About 2 pounds. Witnesses, I Talcum powder About 7 pounds. ALLE}; ANDREWS,

M. S. BELDEN.

This composition we apply to the portion 

